Browning BPS 12ga Pump Shotgun Review
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- Browning BPS 12ga Pump Shotgun Review: The BPS (Browning Pump Shotgun) has been a staple for Browning since its release in 1977. A lot has changed with this 12 gauge pump shotgun since then, so today we're going to dive into this BPS, put it through its paces, and find out if the BPS could be your next pump! Let's go!
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1:09 Specs of Browning BPS
5:03 Trigger Pull of Browning BPS
5:59 Ergonomics of Browning BPS
8:21 Recoil & Reliability of Browning BPS
10:40 Disassembly and Build Quality of Browning BPS
12:40 Speed Shooting the Browning BPS - Sport
I have a 20 ga. that my Dad gifted me for my 13 birthday. I was so proud if that gun. That was my first gun 34 years ago! It has the Invector System. I’ve taken countless doves, pheasants, turkeys, qual, & even some ducks. It was my go to gun for almost 20 years. Old, new, cheap or expensive ammo, no problem. Extreme cold, wet, dry & dusty conditions. It’s never once broke down or failed to go boom or cycle. It’s completely ambidextrous & the magazine can be unloaded without cycling the action. All of my 4 kids have been introduced to shooting & hunting with it & now have their own. I have, “upgraded” to Bennelli, A5’s, & Citori. Until I got my Citori, I seemed to always go back to her & until recently after my Dad passed.
I might be getting a little Misty writing this… maybe I’ll take it out tomorrow & bag a couple roosters with it in honor of my Father.
My Dad got me a Browning BPS 12 gauge for my 16th birthday for pheasant hunting. My BPS has pheasants engraved on one side and Ducks engraved on the opposite side...I love that shotgun!..the length of pull is a bit too long for me and the front bead is pretty flat but I'd never sell that gun just because my father gifted it too me and it really means alot to me
How reliable has it been i want it so bad but am weary of be guns since i used a shit ass ithaca 37
Lol 12g. I was 12 and got a 410 for small game. But that was 1985. Lol. I did shoot 20 and 12. But only hunted with 410 till I could buy my own 12g.
I’m 12 and have one to and use it for trap and field
My old man had a BPS 10 gauge and shot tons of turkeys with it. Defiantly a killer gun.
Just got into shotgun shooting this year and love your videos. Thanks for the great content!
Thanks....I had requested a review as I own one and love it, quality, feel, looks and use. 👍
I had one back in the 78&80’s. Great shotgun at the price back then. Another great review THANKS ‼️‼️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Thanks from over the pond Steve, your videos are really appreciated & inspiring too. The Browning BPS is tough to buy here but got my SX4 a few weeks ago! 👍🏻
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I bought my bps 10ga in 1998. Been using it every season since and love it. The weight makes it a really smooth swing
Bought a 20ga 26” BPS Micro Midas around 2016 for my boys to learn to a shoot a shotgun on. It had a reduced lop stock. At the time Browning offered a “grow up plan” where they’d replace the stock with a standard one for half off. I’ve since had it switched out & browning did a great job with the stock swap. It’s a very nice shotgun. Blueing is perfect and at the time the price was great w a rebate and a sale from Reeds.
I own this shotgun and is one of my favorites! but this about 30 years ago! great weapon!
I have BPS was my first pump shotgun I bought, when I turned 18. I still have it , plus one in 20ga and 2 10ga BPS !
I’ve always loved Ithaca pump shotguns. I like how the BPS has the bottom eject like the Ithaca
Having both I prefer the Ithaca.
@@kruppstahl9562It's a much more expensive gun, right?
My dad has a bps in 10 gauge. According to him that was the fad in the 80s or 90s for turkey hunting which would out shoot the 12 gauges for range at the time. The 10 gauge was also finds a home goose hunting. My dad is in his 60s and still uses it for turkey hunting walking up and down mountains of WV. I want to get a 10 gauge auto after 22 plinkster using the new tss loads with it (dead turkey at 100 yards)
I bought one in 1985, do not know how many shells i have ran through, i shoot left handed ,love the bottom eject and thumb safety, would not ever get rid of it
My older BPS had a magazine tube block that I really liked. Can eject the shell out of the chamber and leave those in the magazine. Great feature that I wish they still had
I love the top mounted safety! I'm right handed but shoot left handed (I know, I'm weird). That's why my Browning BPS is the ultimate bird gun. Top mounted safety, bottom load and eject, life is good and birds are scared!
I see you took my recommendation! Thank you
I bought the 10 gauge version I love it. I basically bought it for a backup to my browning gold 10 that was having issues. I don't feel like it has too much recoil but when you're in a turkey chair throwing nitro turkey loads you definitely feel those but it works great on geese and ducks
My 20ga BPS was the first gun I bought. I still really enjoy shooting clays and hunting with it. It's a bit heavy to carry hunting but recoil is mild and you can tell it's quality. Mine has a Pachmyer recoil pad and engraved receiver, 26" bbl. My goose guide has the 10ga. He let me shoot it, it's a thumper and very heavy.
Matte blueing and satin finishes are done because they are cheaper and that’s exactly how it comes across for me when I see it.
That is the current fashion or trend. I grew up with a beautiful high polish blue and high polish walnut stock 😊 I am old and times change, but I still love the quality of forged machine steel 😊
as someone looking at buying a brand new BPS, I fully agree that it looks cheaper, and you're 100% right it's an economics thing... I come from a guitar background, where (in electric guitars) they've rather brilliantly introduced the "relic" finish over the last 20+ years, wherein they "pre-wear" the guitar... I say it's brilliant, because they're literally charging more to do less work... no more high-lustre brilliant finishes; instead, fake beaten up dull crap... worst trend ever, can't wait for it to die! I mean, how can anyone deny that nice high-lustre bluing and a polished finish are in any way inferior?! What backwards universe are we in! It's one aspect of the new BPS I'll always detest...
Thank you Steve!
My first shotgun was a specialized Browning BPS 20-gauge for ruffed grouse in thick Lake States aspen, spruce, fir forests. My backyard playground. Early 1980’s. Straight English stock. 22” barrel. Made in Japan. Smooth as silk. Shot fantastic with it. Still do. Relatively speaking as I’m an average shot at best. (Right-handed; left-eye dominant). Can carry it all day. Today I often early season pheasant hunt with it and can honestly say I shoot better with it (3” 1.25 ounce shells) than my Beretta O/U 686 Silver Pigeon II 12-gauge. I’ve got 2 good pointers that can pin down roosters quite well. Late season runners and finicky flushers I switch over to the Beretta.
Great video! I’ve watched it a handful of times. My 2005 28 inch 12 gauge field model looks very similar to the “older“ one in this video. That factory recoil pad definitely is not incredibly friendly.
I’ve taken it out and shot a dozen or so rounds of skeet and have had a blast. My best so far is 19 or 20 out of 25. I’ve been able to crack a good number of doubles with it too. Those always get cheers from the over under and semi auto folks 😊
I know someone mentioned that only the trap model lets you directly load one into the chamber.
The lifters on the field model tilt out of the way when the chamber is “almost all the way open” allowing even a 3” shell to be directly loaded.
I’ve been torturing myself over why I think I need another shotgun for sport shooting. This video and your top 2022 video both help remind me the shotgun I have is pretty great given my newness to the sport.
My first BPS had a 3 inch chamber with beautiful wood and it worked well. It looked so nice I hated to put it through the rigors of waterfowl hunting. I decided to get a synthetic stock BPS in 3.5 inch. Never used 3.5 inch shells but the heavier gun tamed recoil of 3 inch shells. I still have the gun after 30 years and it still brings down ducks and geese.
I just got a 3inch field model BPS. It's my first shotgun. Went waterfowl hunting with it for the first time this year.
I have a BPS family - 10, 12 and 20... Best guns around as far as i am concerned - and I have had beretta, bennili etc..
My dad passed when I was a baby and left me all his guns and his bps is my favorite and it fits me like a glove. Really appreciate the video love learning more about the gun as i just got done taking it apart and cleaning it for the first time. Thanks for the video
My favourite pump gun…high quality and super reliable 👍
I have a 25 yrar old bps. I use it for duck/geese hunting and deer hunting. Even this older model is invector plus.
I love the finish on this gun. Great job browning.
How reliable i want it so bad but am weary of any be
I love my BPS. I have had it since I was 14 and now my son uses it for shooting trap.
I bought my Browning BPS 12 gauge in El Paso, Texas in about 1988...and I'd hate to guess how many birds it's put in my bag over the last 3+ decades. It has been my go-to hunting shotgun all that time.
The most refined pump gun made. If I ever bought a pump gun this would be my only choice. Love the bottom loading and bottom ejection design. For right or left handed shotgun shooters.
Only problem I’ve found with it is with the bottom feed/eject when it jams, which is rarely, it is a pain to clear. I’ve had to take the barrel off mid dove shoot before. Also it’s hard to tell if you have a round in the chamber mid dove shoot, I’ve done a lot of clicking with it in heat of moment. It’s a very nice gun and well built but for practical purposes I would have to say Benelli Nova Moss 500, or Rem 870 for a better price. I’ve got all the pump guns mentioned and just my 2cents.
Bottom eject makes clearing jams a pain
I don't think it's better than a wingmaster
until it jams
I have owned a 12 gauge BPS since 1984. It has been pheasant hunting in Iowa, North and South Dakota. I have also shot trap, skeet, and sporting clays with it. Zero malfunctions...
Do you still use it to this day and of so how is it holding up? I'm looking at a 1980 bps 12 gauge with a fixed mod choke. I just wondering if buying an old one today would be worth it.
I still have it. In 1984 it came with tubes. I have never had a malfunction of any kind. Outstanding shotgun !! @@Demonslayer666100
I have a BPS in 16 gauge, love that gun.
I have 2 of the 10 gauges and love them we used them for back in the day when we had permission to hunt in city limits but had to hunt with 10 gauge t so there was no wounded birds in the city in Minneapolis
Love my brownings!! Thank you for bringing one of the old models in to compare! I'll always be a browning nut and like their newer guns but you just can't beat the older models. Keep up the good work.
How reliable is the gun?
Only problem I’ve found with it is with the bottom feed/eject when it jams, which is rarely, it is a pain to clear. I’ve had to take the barrel off mid dove shoot before. Also it’s hard to tell if you have a round in the chamber mid dove shoot, I’ve done a lot of clicking with it in heat of moment. It’s a very nice gun and well built but for practical purposes I would have to say Benelli Nova Moss 500, or Rem 870 for a better price. I’ve got all the pump guns mentioned and just my 2cents.
I have a BPS 12 ga Field from the late 90s. It was $299 new at that time. And I do spend a lot of time wiping fingerprints off! But I do like the gloss look. It came with 3 Invector+ choke tubes. Gold trigger, silver bead
I bought it because I wanted a gun I could use either handed (I'm cross-eyed dominant). So I looked at the bottom ejects like the BPS and Ithaca. And it was much better quality than the other pumps. I do wish there were more aftermarket accessories available for this gun, though.
True about the recoil on the older ones - I end up with a bruised shoulder after a few hours shooting, if I don't use a pad.
Great video.. Ive had my BPS since 1995 and love it.. i have the etched stalker.
Got mine in 28ga. Love it
Really appreciate your videos
I got my BPS back in the late-90s, it had an invector plus barrel. It's fine, expensive for a pump, I always liked my Winchester 1300 better. Cycles smoother and doesn't cause nasty jams on a short-stroke.
These days I only shoot semi guns. It's pretty common to buy a semi and never shoot pumps again.
I have two a 20 ga and a 28ga they are the new design and I really like them. The 12ga I found a bit heavy. One reason I like them is because I shoot both right and left hand. Tough gun.
I have the older model and use it for trap and field but I put a limb saver on it and feels great
I'm picking my BPS up tomorrow GunBroker purchase.
Gloss blue is my favorite. I have 28ga, 20ga, 12ga, and 10ga bps. They also made a 16ga in which I'd like to find. Really good gun.
I own 3 BPS's, purchased my 1st in 1979, a 12 gage 3", 30" FC, my 2nd BPS is a 20 gage 3", 28" invector, purchased for my son in 1989; the 3rd BPS is a black composite 12 gage 3 1/2, 28" invector, purchased in 2020. I can truly say that we've never had any problems of any kind after hundreds of rounds of all types of loads. I am currently adjusting to a Browning Maxus II, vintage camouflage, 28" barrel.
Is this offer my comment?
Best thing about my bps is the bottom eject. I reload so having my hulls land in my duck boat at my feet and never needing to search for them is really nice.
Only problem I’ve found with it is with the bottom feed/eject when it jams, which is rarely, it is a pain to clear. I’ve had to take the barrel off mid dove shoot before. Also it’s hard to tell if you have a round in the chamber mid dove shoot, I’ve done a lot of clicking with it in heat of moment. It’s a very nice gun and well built but for practical purposes I would have to say Benelli Nova Moss 500, or Rem 870 for a better price. I’ve got all the pump guns mentioned and just my 2cents.
I have a bps ducks unlimited 10 gauge and it’s a beautiful old gun, can’t complain about them but the bottom eject is something to get use to but it’s a slick shotgun overall
Love mine, I have 1980, 1992, 2008 & 2013 models they are fixed choke, invector and the last 2 invector plus. The early one has a magazine cut off so can be multi or single shot. The 92 model is engraved, the others plain with the 08 being a Matt finish. Good review but these are hard model to get in the UK, so often others have never heard of the model from Browning. Got to ask did you really get the trigger group back in that easily? There’s a real knack to it. 👏
Dude, I was looking for a good review on Browning BPS and the video just pop up.
Hello Steve good morning, if you can, make a video with the shooting pattern differences between short and long barrels.
Thank you very much continued the good job!!!!!!
Sounds like it is really smooth cycling. If I were in the market for a pump this would be my choice
@Target Focused Life
The Remington M17, Ithaca M37 & BPS are all based on the same design with small changes.
In my opinion the Ithaca M37 still surpasses all of em. Even the new Ithaca M37 Production by the owners in Ohio is very very tight and perfect.
It's my preferred shotgun to take hunting upland and hog/deer. Shoots every factory load and my handloads (Buckshot, Slugs, Roundballs, Buck n Ball and field loads.) wonderfully, smooth and with extremely great patterns out to 60 yards for buckshot, 100 for slugs/roundballs & 45 yards for field loads. Mine is a 20GA Featherlight from 1973/74.
Metal and Bluing are dtill in great condition but I did refinish the stock (1 coat of BLO a daywith scuffing for 16 days.) Because I just don't like that shiny spray on finishes for wood. After every 5th hunt depending on the weather I apply Renaissance wax to the wood and of course after every hunt wipe the metal down with Breakfree CLP soaked rag.
YOU NEED TO TEST THIS SHOTGUN PLEASE!!!!!!!!!
I have the camo 3 1/2 bps I got from my grandfather. I’ve hunted hard with it this season and it’s done sooo well. Couldn’t be happier with the gun which he bought in 1999 😂
Love me that gloss blue.
the king of shotguns!!!
Got a 28 gauge version. I love it !
I'm a lefty & I used to have a browning 12 ga pump. I didn't care for it much.
Just got a BPS from 1980. Sweet shooter and a very sexy shotgun
The BPS is the only pump gun I own. Definitely worth the money if you can get it in the 400-500 range.
The original BPS came with a fixed choke, a ventilated recoil pad and a magazine cutoff which when used turned the gun into a single shot.
I own that exact BPS, FC, bought it in 1979.
Got my bps in 85 now have 3 love em all
I had a BPS 10 gauge at one time. It weighed about 10 pounds, The recoil is manageable if you get the gun on your shoulder, but if you hit your bicep like I did once, it hurts lol. I've had several Brouning shotguns but the never seemed to fit me right
I love my BPSs. I just got a field in 20 gauge with a 28 inch barrel. Been using it for small game. It's a little stiff bot otherwise very nice. ** You should review the Ithaca Model 37 Featherlight. One of the new ones produced in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. They're excellent in my opinion. I bought two and they were kind enough to send me sequentially serial numbered guns. ^^
10 ga is heavy heavy man .. recoil is not much different than the 12. I enjoy your videos. Thanks.
You should review the new production Ithaca model 37
The BPS-10's are significantly heavier than the 12's, which helps with recoil management. I went a step further and fitted a kick-eez pad and a lead/epoxy weight into the stock, bringing the total weight up to 13.6 pounds. The recoil is insignificant through such a heavy gun.
Where it shines is with the bigger steel pellets - 1 3/4 ounces of BB, BBB or T through a super full choke is no laughing matter to the geese that are on the receiving end of it, sometimes 60 yards or more away. The BPS-10 is not cartridge fussy, will accept full-length roll turnover cartridges if you homeload your shells, and is built very sturdily. This season I've taken 5 Canada geese for 5 shots with mine, it's a great wildfowling tool.
Good info 👍
I use the 10 gauge BPS with War Wolf Ordinance 0000 buckshot for deer hunting, because it reaches out a lot further and patterns tighter than any of my 12 gauges. If I hunted where slugs were legal I would use a 20 gauge, or a 243 if rifles were legal, unfortunately I don't.
A review on the beretta a400 explor unico would be a good watch
I found your Gould brothers quail hunting videos on CZcams that content is AWESOME way better then the gun reviews lol what up with the upland hunting we need more of that on this channel !!!!!!!!!
Love my BPS super fast for reloading for a follow up shot, which is better the BPS or the Super Nova??? Really interested in the Benelli
Have you ever done any 410 reviews?
I’ve seen you and your sons 410 turkey hunt and your Osceola 410 hunt👍. I haven’t found a actual review on the Remington 870 410 turkey TSS. I like the videos I’ve bought a couple shotguns after watching your reviews.
Thanks for all the info
I shoot a camo 10 gauge bps, it’s a great gun. Kick isn’t bad at all I have a few videos uploaded with me shooting it. In heavy rain and windy days, it’s my go to gun!
I’ve got the old BPS with 12 choke tubes and a slug barrel. I cracked the original foregrip when I was sighting in slugs. The patterns have never impressed me; and it’s no joy to shoot 3 inch turkey loads from. That’s why I’m strongly considering a Beretta 400 Extreme.
The Browning BPS is one of my favorite shotguns if not my favorite. I found mine in the late 80’s for less than $500. It was a 12 gauge with a 32” barrel and top grade wood. I sold the gun for some stupid reason and regret to this day! I would go to turkey shoots and clean house! I know it’s luck where the bb’s land. Mine had the receiver engraved with a turkey on one side and pheasants on the other! I think, can’t remember it’s been so long. I’m a left hand shooter so the shell release on the bottom was awesome. I would buy one today if I could find it.
Have a 12 and a 20 field. Great guns.
Love them brother ❤️🔥. Pls do the review of 20vs20g interia Vs gas😃😃
I has a BPS 12 3.5" I bought back in the late 90's, the tube is longer than the one you are showing here. I was told that when Browning first got into the 3.5 that it was a 12 gauge built on a 10 gauge frame (not sure though). Heavy as all get out though, never had any issues with it. I'm looking at getting a 20 bps for my daughter. One thing that you didn't mention is that this gun is ambidextrous (right or left handed)
Love my BPS, I have what I believe is an early 2010s model. Best of both worlds, the stock is oil finished for thay gorgeous matte look but I get the better looking (in my opinion) polished blue look of the reciever and barrel.
I have the older 12. Fits my gun safe just fine. Ya it’s got some kick but never lets me down.
I got a massive deal on one and since Im left handed I thought it would be perfect. Tang safety, bottom feed and eject. However in the long run its too pretty to take in the bush. Went back to my 870 Wingmaster.
I own three. I have one in 12 gauge with synthetic stocks with mat finish which is my waterfowl and bad weather gun. I also have the Hunter model in 16 gauge that I use on doves and crows. My third is the trap model which was a limited production run a few years back. It has a raised rib, a Monte Carlo stock, and some nice laser engraving. Paid less than $900 for it. I can hold my own with it next to guys shooting $10K Krieghoffs. Love all three of them. One thing to note, if you shoot this gun on the trap range let the range officer know that it loads from the bottom as I have been called down for loading more than one shell.
Its not the shotgun, its the operator . . . I have some 25 SG's including three Krieghoffs and I do as well with them as I do with my dented 1950's Wingmaster. . .
3.5 10ga actually doesn’t recoil as bad as you might think. I’d rather shoot a 10 then a 3.5 12. The weight of the bps 10 is 10.9lbs so it really tames the recoil. I love the 10ga i mainly duck and goose hunt and nothing kills em dead like a 10.
you should review the tri star 20 gauge raptor Youth
I just bought a cynergy cx after seeing your review. Thanks Steve.
Sweet! How are you liking it?
@@TargetFocusedLife haven't got a chance to shoot it yet! Its -40°c here lol
I have a 1980 BPS Field 12 GA with a 30" full fixed choke in real good shape. I like the bottom eject design. Would like to see you do a video on the Ithaca Model 37. If you get an older one it be well broken in.
I own a 3 1/2” 10 gauge BPS. And yes she rattles my teeth loose sometimes but it hits harder than anything else I’ve ever shot.
Wife bought me the 10 gauge and I've used it for ducks and geese. 1 complaint though. When you break it down the stop bars and placing the trigger guard correctly back can be one helluva pain!
Please do a review on 940 mossberg pro
Browning. Since 1878. Something special about this pump gun.
Great video. I just wanted to make a little correction regarding the price: $209 in 1977 is equal to $1,001 in today’s money, so it’s technically cheaper now than it was back then.
I got a BPS back in the mid 90s. I remember it was $399 back then.
You need to try the Ithaca 37 to see how fast you can shoot it i have 2 of them and love them me being Lefthanded makes thing a lot better because of the bottom eject !!!!!
Love the channel, but honestly it feels a-bit like an infomercial for Reeds,Falcon Strike, and Carlsons. But none the less, good to have a new channel on shotgun reviews.
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Any plans for a browning 725 field review in either 12 or 20?
I like the classic deep shinny blue. Don't care bout finger prints as u can easily remove it
w ppr or cloth. Varnish stock protects the furniture better than the matte oil finish. But of course,
the latter is nice w waxing. Yes, i like the bigger trigger guard for the cold day gloved finger.
Is the rcvr still steel or alloy (BS hiding for cheap softer Aluminum)?
Oh, when u do the trigger pull weight, i suggest u try to get the hook 90 degree to the trigger curve
as possible bc. if it's angled, the weight would b more. Just a matter of vector force in x, y, z components
in Physics.
Very informative video. Appreciated ur actual shooting the guns w measurements (timing).
Thx 4 ur great effort. I specially liked ur actual "field stripping".
Old polished PBS's are the nicest looking of all old school pump shotguns. Loved it since I first saw one in the early 90s, when a friend got one as a gift. The new model is not as nice looking.
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Good video.
I have one of these with the stainless receiver with pheasants engraved on one side and ducks on the other. It is about 16 years old and has been reliable for duck and pheasant hunting. My father bought them for myself and my 2 brothers each shotgun is just one serial number off from the next. Now days I just use it for duck hunting and moved to a Citori 725 for pheasant. Both of these shotguns will get handed down to grand children.
Hunted my whole life with a bps ...20 guage youth model until my sophomore year of high school 10 guage stalker since then until now and Im 40 so over 20 years
My brother shoots the 10ga model and killed a stubborn turkey this past spring at 75 yards no problem